alttext
  • Quicklinks
    Birth & Death Certificates Medical Marijuana ID Data & Reports Diseases A to Z For Employees For Providers Environmental Health Family Health Programs Healthy Living Programs Job Openings Opioid Safety Programs & Services
  • About Us
  • Data & Reports
  • Disease Control & Prevention
    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease Control & Prevention Disease Reporting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Monkeypox (MPX) STD Services West Nile Virus Zika Virus
  • Emergency Prep
  • Emergency Prep
    Emergency Preparedness Preparedness & Emergency Information Personal & Family Preparedness Video Resources Volunteer Resources
  • Family Health
  • Healthy Living
    CalFresh Healthy Living Program Child Passenger Safety Program Community Health Workers Healthy Lifestyle Programs Injury Prevention Program Local Oral Health Program Opioid Safety Program Older Adult Mobility Project Smoking & Tobacco Prevention
  • Health Equity
  • Public Health Laboratory
  • Contact Us
    Contact Us COVID-19 Questions,
    Comments or Reporting Violations
    E-mail us How to Find PHS Media Inquiries Programs & Services Locations & Addresses
In case of a health emergency, call 911.
  • Quicklinks
    Birth & Death Certificates Medical Marijuana ID Data & Reports Diseases A to Z For Employees For Providers Environmental Health Family Health Programs Healthy Living Programs Job Openings Opioid Safety Programs & Services
  • About Us
  • Data & Reports
  • Disease Control & Prevention
    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease Control & Prevention Disease Reporting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Monkeypox (MPX) STD Services West Nile Virus Zika Virus
  • Emergency Prep
  • Family Health
  • Healthy Living
    CalFresh Healthy Living Program Child Passenger Safety Program Community Health Workers Healthy Lifestyle Programs Injury Prevention Program Local Oral Health Program Opioid Safety Program Older Adult Mobility Project Smoking & Tobacco Prevention
  • Health Equity
  • Public Health Laboratory
  • Contact Us
    Contact Us COVID-19 Questions and Comments E-mail us How to Find PHS Media Inquiries Programs & Services WIC Locations
Provider Resources Page

Talking with Patients about Opioids

  1. When a patient requests opioids for pain
    1. Physician Handout: Recommendations, in brief, from the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
    2. Physician Handout : Genetics and Neurobiology of Opioid Use Disorder
  2. When a Patient Might Have Opioid Use Disorder
    1. Physician Handout: I am concerned. What to say When You Think Your Patient Might Have Opoid Use Disorder
    2. Physician Handout: Medication-Assisted Treatment: Buprenorphine and Methadone
    3. Physician Video: Corey Waller & Andrea Rubinstein Role Play talking to Patients on Opioids. Corey Waller, M.D., Andrea Rubinstein, M.D., California Health Care Foundation
    4. Physician Video:How to talk to Patients About Reducing Opioids. Corey Waller, M.D. California Health Care Foundation









©2025 San Joaquin County Public Health Services. All rights reserved.
Privacy Notice | Legal Info | Email Webmaster